About the job

Job summary

The Business Case Assurance Manager role operates as part of the Integrated Programme Management Office, this role sits within the Navy Command business area, leading the Business Case and Approvals function as well as continuous assurance and engagement with scrutiny and approvals community. It will support the assurance, development and approval of business cases. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Leadership 

• Manage and provide leadership support for team members to support delivery of outputs.  
• Ensure performance is managed consistently and fairly, including Diversity and Inclusion principles and provide regular feedback. 
• Identify and develop capability needs, ensuring robust Development Plans are in place for yourself and your team. 
• Ensure own and team’s compliance with mandatory requirements.
• Inspire, motivate, and engage with the Integrated Programme Management Team and with other teams across the HMNB Clyde establishment community, by providing positive working environment and empowering the teams at all levels.
• Provide support to Line Manager and Programme Director to deliver departmental outputs with minimal supervision. 

Responsible for Lead on Business Case activity ensuring its delivery and alignment to organisation’s standards, processes and objectives

• Lead on Business Case planning and oversight maintaining a forward programme of cases. Maintain the Business Case Tracker, monitor and report on all forecast business case submissions for internal and external senior stakeholders. 
• Delivery of support and training to staff to build knowledge, capability and skills in business case writing.  Provide support to Business Case Advisors, Requirements Managers, and project/programme teams on investment case development and approvals. 
• Provide advice on business case management and approval process including timings, submission and approvals process, content, structure, scrutiny requirements, evidence, supporting documentation and any other necessary detail.  
• Review draft business cases, managing their development and release for endorsement or approval.
• Support the Business Case Advisor Project Manager to develop the Scrutiny Report and coordinate internal scrutiny of draft internal business cases through planned progressive assurance reviews, such as the Clyde infrastructure assurance review (CIAR) and project assurance groups (PAG), using Subject Matter Experts ahead of formal sign off.
• Ensure the quality of all business cases submitted for internal and external scrutiny and approval, liaising with the Approvals Authority and monitoring progress through scrutiny. Coordinate and provide regular liaison with desk level, the wider scrutiny and stakeholder community and Project/Programme teams to improve the quality and standard of business cases and achieve a high success rate for business case approvals.
• Maintain and develop Business Case guidance documentation. 
• Produce a quarterly Learning from Experience report and monthly fact sheet on business cases. Ensure that business case learning from experience is incorporated back into business cases development.
• Share learning, knowledge and experience with the stakeholder community and delivery teams, uphold learning from experience and communicate through planned assurance forums.

Stakeholder Engagement 

• Work as the point of contact for all Business Case and Approvals in the Clyde Integrated Programme Management Office delivering major projects within HMNB Clyde, actively working with Senior Stakeholders to align changes with strategic developments to ensure consistence across business cases. 
• Act as the senior point of contact for business case and approval escalations throughout the project approvals process. Providing support to the business case advisor, working to develop mitigation measures and resolutions to approval challenges.
• Ensure the Business Case and Approval policy and guidance is current, regularly reviewed and updated and business compliant. Provide strategic advice and guidance to the customer, project and programme teams developing business case submissions, ensuring quality assurance throughout the process. 

Person specification

Essential Experience

• Working as a member of a large or medium complexity project team or as a specialist or work stream lead for a small, low complexity project.
• Leading a virtual ‘team’ assigned to work from across functional, organisational or geographic boundaries to deliver high quality outputs.
• Experience in preparation, approval, refining and update of business cases that justify initiation, investment and/or continuation of change initiatives or projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in or knowledge of the defence or security sector – either through government or industry
• Demonstrable commitment to learning and using established project management methodologies to enable successful delivery

Qualifications

Relevant qualification in one of the below or equivalent;
•    APM Chartered Project Professional
•    PRINCE 2 Practitioner
•    Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
•    APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner
•    PMI Project Management Professional

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates can apply online via the Civil Service Jobs website by completing the application form before the deadline shown. Apply using the Civil Service Jobs apply button, filling in all required details in all sections. Using the Success Profiles link for information on format and style, ensure you provide evidence for all Behaviours and Experience sections requested in the appropriate competency style.  

Sift Stage 

Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history, full details of education and qualifications and previous experiences and skills. Please also include any relevant responsibilities and achievements.

Candidates will be required to complete a Statement of Suitability/Personal Statement of no more 500 words, providing details relevant to the essential and desirable experience in the job advert. 

The requirements for the role have been benchmarked and these will be used to sift all candidates, with those meeting the minimum requirements invited to interview.   

Applications will not be accepted after the closing date. 

Interview Stage

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and influencing

Further Information

Candidates who are found to meet an acceptable standard at interview but are not successful in one of the advertised posts may be considered for similar roles within the Business Unit.

You will also be expected to achieve Security Check clearance for this role

It is anticipated the sift for this role will take place w/c 6th May and interviews w/c 20th May.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.